brvheart's Ballot for Week 9 of 2016-17| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Baylor
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Great resume. Zero losses. |
| 2 |
Villanova
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Won @Creighton. That's a big time win. I still think Baylor's win against Louisville is better. |
| 3 |
West Virginia
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Destroyed OKST on the road. |
| 4 |
Kansas
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Only won by 6 @TCU? |
| 5 |
Gonzaga
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No losses. |
| 6 |
UCLA
|
Have to win against Oregon, but they don't lose too many spots due to a road loss by only 2 points to an obviously good team. |
| 7 |
Louisville
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Losing @home is always bad. But if you can follow it up with a big time win @Indiana on the road. That's a good thing. |
| 8 |
Kentucky
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It's going to be several more wins by UK and at least a terrible loss before UCLA drops below UK. Don't lose @home UK. |
| 9 |
Florida State
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| 10 |
Saint Mary's
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| 11 |
Virginia
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VA should be proud that they followed up their Big Time win @Louisville on the road, with a loss to Florida State @home. Good job, guys. |
| 12 |
Wisconsin
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| 13 |
Xavier
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| 14 |
Arizona
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| 15 |
Oregon
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Two big wins this week against UCLA and USC. |
| 16 |
Duke
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Can't lose to VT if you don't want to drop, especially by double digits. The fact it was on the road prevents a huge drop. |
| 17 |
North Carolina
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Lost to Georgia Tech? Really? By 12 points? At least it was on the road. Three losses already. |
| 18 |
USC
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Normally road wins don't hurt you too badly, especially against top teams. But losing to Oregon by 23 is going to hurt. |
| 19 |
Creighton
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Lost @home by double digits. You can't do that if you want to be in the top 10. |
| 20 |
Butler
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Lost on the road which normally protects you somewhat; but it was to lowly St. Johns. |
| 21 |
Cincinnati
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| 22 |
Kansas State
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One loss on the year to Maryland by 1 point. |
| 23 |
Virginia Tech
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| 24 |
Minnesota
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Took Purdue's spot by beating them on the road. |
| 25 |
Iowa State
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Four loss Indiana comes in at #26 for me. |